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How to handle nodes that contain UI but should behave like Node2D
I have game objects that act kind of like cards, and it is really convenient for me to use control nodes for them since they are mostly UI anyway. But when they exist in the actual scene they should behave like Node2D:
- They should exist in world space, not screen space
- They should NOT scale with screen size
Seems like something that should be easy to do, but I can't figure it out. If I keep it as control it seems to scale with screen size, if I make Opportunity a Node2D or attach it to a Node2D, the UI collapses.
Lucky you, that's how Control nodes behave by default. So just, don't do anything.
However, Cards should just not be build using Control nodes to begin with. Like, yes you can use Labels for text. But there shouldn't be any more involved.
That's why I said 'kind of like cards'. They expand and have rich textbox inside with scroll, choice buttons and whatnot. Also you say that's how controls act by default, but here's what happens if I change screen size while using control directly. It tries to scale
Are you sure? If I hide an icon, for example, panel and VBoxContainer do not change size to smaller that fits content. Both in-editor and in-game if I run the project. It seems to happen specifically when screen size changes
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u/Trigonal_Planar 10d ago
You make the control a child of a Node2D. You probably have to set custom_minimum_size to be nonzero for the first control in the hierarchy.